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Gumbo28

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Can someone please help me by telling me what this little anemone is? It showed up after I bought some live rock locally. It does not look like Aiptasia to me, at least not the normal kind I usually see. My knowledge is obviously limited but this is the only one in the tank and if I need to get it out I still can. I doubt it is anything I should allow to remain but I thought I would ask. Thanks in advance for any help.

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Looks like a majano to me.

http://www.google.com/search?q=majano+anemone&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=0kj&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BrrpTY7aK4WUtweEpcHCAQ&ved=0CB0QsAQ&biw=1280&bih=863

Its the other pest anemone, the harder of the two to get rid of.

Hopefully someone else will have some input on how to rid yourself of them.

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thanks guys........I knew it was not a good thing to have, I just did not know what it was. From what I have learned, anything that comes free or pops up on the rock is normally a negative.

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+1 to the kalk paste. The commercial products (aiptasia-x, joe's juice, etc) work as well, but a heaping tbsp of kalk powder mixed with just enough water to make it flow through a syringe is cheap and effective, just turn off your pumps, let the water become still, and squirt the kalk onto the anemone, being careful to minimize collateral damage.

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